Dan Blue Appointed to North Carolina Senate
The leadership of the Wake County Democratic Party picked state Rep. Dan Blue on Wednesday to replace state Sen. Vernon Malone, who died last month. Blue, a veteran legislator, received 52 of the 84 votes on the first ballot. He defeated Bernard Allen II, 44, who works for the State Employees Association of North Carolina, and Mills Holloway Jr., 47, the owner of a media consulting group.